Definitions for Fortune 500
fortune 500

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1. Fortune 500noun

   The list published annually by Fortune magazine, numbering five hundred, of the highest-revenue United States companies.

2. Fortune 500noun

   Collectively, the members of that list.

3. Fortune 500noun

   Any one member of that list.

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1. Fortune 500

   The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks 500 of the largest United States corporations by total revenue for their respective fiscal years. The list includes publicly held companies, along with privately held companies for which revenues are publicly available. The concept of the Fortune 500 was created by Edgar P. Smith, a Fortune editor, and the first list was published in 1955. The Fortune 500 is more commonly used than its subset Fortune 100 or superset Fortune 1000.

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1. Fortune 500

   The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks the top 500 U.S. closely held and public corporations as ranked by their gross revenue after adjustments made by Fortune to exclude the impact of excise taxes companies incur. The list includes publicly and privately held companies for which revenues are publicly available. The first Fortune 500 list was published in 1955. Wal-Mart was the largest company on the list in 2007 and 2008. ExxonMobil was in second place in 2007 and 2008, but overtook Wal-Mart in 2009. Wal-Mart once again regained the top spot in 2010. The revenue and profit numbers are for the year previous to the named year: therefore the 2010 list ranks companies by 2009 revenues. Although the Fortune 500 list is the most familiar one, similar gross revenue lists of the top firms range from the highest ranking Fortune 100 including the top one hundred to the broader ranking Fortune 1000 that includes the top thousand firms. While the membership on the smaller lists are somewhat stable, the ranking on the lists may change over time depending upon revenues, and often because of mergers among firms already listed. The original Fortune 50 was restricted to companies whose revenues were derived from manufacturing, mining, or energy exploration. At the same time, Fortune published companion "Fortune 50" lists of the 50 largest commercial banks, utilities, life insurance companies, retailers and transportation companies. These have been consolidated into one single list, so the Fortune 500 as it exists today includes companies that in previous years would have been on one of the "Fortune 50" lists.

How to pronounce Fortune 500?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Fortune 500 in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Fortune 500 in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Fortune 500 in a Sentence

1. Jacqueline Hinman:

   And though the average age of CEOs is slightly declining, today’s graduates may have expectations for advancement that don’t match reality. So what does it really take to get to the top ? To guide the next generation, I interviewed Successful CEOs. I asked Successful CEOs to project which abilities will be required of Successful CEOs future counterparts, and what advice Successful CEOs ’d give to young people who aspire to become a CEO. Jacqueline Hinman, CEO of Fortune 500 engineering company CH2M HILL, predicts that as change accelerates, broad knowledge and understanding of one’s business will be critical. Jacqueline Hinman started out as an environmental engineer, but later served in project management, business development and marketing roles. I purposely kept moving.

2. R "Ray" Wang:

   52% of the Fortune 500 have been merged, acquired, bankrupted, or fallen off of the list since 2000." (2013)

3. Marc Korman:

   He really treated the position like he was the head of a Fortune 500 company instead of the executive director of a quasi-governmental agency.

4. Rick Santorum:

   If you’re a United States senator, if you’re a governor, if you’re a woman who ran a Fortune 500 company, and you’re running a legitimate campaign for president, then you should have a right to be on stage with everybody else.

5. Kevin Lathrop:

   Unlike other companies, we’ve tailored our technology solutions to help manage our sweet spot -- small and midsize businesses, we don’t need the same technology as a company that manages the logistics of Fortune 500 companies.

References

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3. ^ Wikidata
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